Astronomers have long relied on supercomputers to simulate the immense structure of the Universe, but a new tool called ...

For decades, scientists have puzzled over why smoking makes Crohn’s disease worse but seems to protect people from ulcerative ...

Microplastics have been detected in human blood, brain tissue, and even bones, where they may weaken skeletal structure and ...

A sweeping investigation has revealed widespread fraud in mathematics publishing, where commercial metrics and rankings have ...

What started as a frustrating kitchen challenge turned into award-winning science: Fabrizio Olmeda and his colleagues ...

Alcohol-associated liver disease is becoming a massive health and economic burden, but researchers at UC San Diego may have ...

Egg-eating worms living on Chesapeake Bay blue crabs may hold the key to smarter fishery management. Once thought to be a threat, these parasites actually serve as natural biomarkers that reveal when ...

From the wreck of the royal Danish-Norwegian flagship Gribshunden, archaeologists have uncovered a rare glimpse into the naval power of the late Middle Ages. This warship, lost in 1495, carried an ...

Plastic particles from everyday items like Styrofoam cups and take-out containers are finding their way into the brain, where ...

A new study challenges the dream of water-rich “Hycean” planets like K2-18b, suggesting that most sub-Neptunes lose their water deep into their interiors during formation. Instead of vast oceans, ...

MIT scientists have unraveled the hidden energy balance of earthquakes by recreating them in the lab. Their findings show that while only a sliver of energy goes into the shaking we feel on the ...

Mayo Clinic scientists uncovered how excessive drinking triggers fatty liver disease by disrupting the enzyme VCP, which normally prevents harmful protein buildup on fat droplets in the liver. Alcohol ...